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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services! C* c/ R. f" w7 ^" I
发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)
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X5 k( z2 W \Dear Sir or Madam:
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB), i* ^, K5 Y5 K) w. J, q" o, q Z
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
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that we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are3 {0 Y. P1 {9 g; b
an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
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' T, G6 j; l" j9 H* j+ d. LCanada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look* @* [: N5 }' {' k
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
' ]7 X( d- R- ?0 o- bguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and
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market forces to prevail. ) r- n6 @- K$ O3 x( D% R
( t" S* E& B$ Q" O. X0 VThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has
: ]* }3 w- b u" i- o% jchosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large) @# d* q. U1 A( q
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at o- A. d$ p- F/ H. R
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm. - ]0 t- ]" X4 [( e$ I B
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When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the9 ]6 [ U5 k6 a* C; C i& v
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in7 Z3 g% r+ A, Y6 j1 ~/ J
line with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
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0 l, \, b0 E$ Xany decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.+ u' R6 }- L$ Q8 t0 X1 K7 D, V) X
You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy5 E$ A* [/ G; ~+ @
and related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html./ b1 R2 D( e$ w) D3 A
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Once again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is7 a- M0 P8 W( h5 X7 H
helpful.8 W% d! f/ |: R6 E0 a" |
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Yours sincerely,4 X* v4 R u) t7 z! _# B% s
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Tony Clement |
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